IAN's Dr. Kevin Weiner published a paper this week in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), helping to resolve a century-old controversy about a white matter bundle in the brain called the vertical occipital fasciculus (VOF). Dr. Weiner collaborated with Stanford colleagues Drs Brian Wandell, Jason Yeatman, Franco Pestilli, Ariel Rokem, and Aviv Mezer.

The Guardian wrote a great piece covering the paper. Read about it here

In the midst of Ledecky’s dominance, Phelps’ comeback, and the rest of Pan Pacs hubbub, I ask the readers of SwimSwam: Would we all love swimming so much if the bottom of the pool were red? Blue Mind, a book about the brain on water, tackles this question and more importantly, sheds light on why we don’t mind staring at a black line on the bottom of the pool for hours and hours on end. The answer is quite simple: our brains love it....(read article)